Connected Science Strategies for Integrative Learning in College

Name: Connected Science Strategies for Integrative Learning in College
Price: 5.7 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780253009395

ISBN-10: 0253009391

ISBN-13: 9780253009395

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tricia A. Ferrett, David R. Geelan, Whitney M. Schlegel, Joanne L. Stewart, Mary Taylor Huber

List price: $12.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $26.64

Marketplace

3 new & used from $5.70

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Informed by the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL), Connected Science presents a new approach to college science education for the 21st century. This interdisciplinary approach stresses integrative learning and pedagogies that engage students through open-ended inquiry, compelling real-world questions, and data-rich experiences. Faculty from a variety of disciplines and institutions present case studies based on research in the classroom, offering insights into student learning goals and best practices in curriculum design. Synthetic chapters bring together themes from the case studies, present an overview of the connected science approach, and identify strategies and future…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 7/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Foreword: The Scholarship of Integrative Teaching and Learning




Connected Science: Why Integrative Learning Is Vital



Fostering Integrative Capacities for the 21st Century




From Student Learning to Teaching Foundations




Courses That Foster Integrative Learning



Public Health and Biochemistry: Connecting Content, Issues, and Values for Majors




Designing to Make a Difference: Authentic Integration of Professional Skills in an Engineering Capstone Design Course




Integrative Learning in a Data-Rich Mathematics Classroom




Navigating Wormholes: Integrative Learning in a First-Year Field Course




Structures That Support Integrative Learning



Linking Integrated Middle-School Science with Literacy in Australian Teacher Education




SCALE-UP in a Large Introductory Biology Course




Reuniting the Arts and Sciences via Interdisciplinary Learning Communities




Pedagogies of Integration




Broader Contexts for Integrative Learning



Integrative Moves by Novices: Crossing Institutional, Course, and Student Contexts




Facilitating and Sustaining Interdisciplinary Curricula: From Theory to Practice



Appendix: List of Key Works Used in the Development of the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Biology


Contributors


Index